Holtsville, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11742. It lies near Long Island. The Survey maps it on the Patchogue quadrangle. 18,937 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 105 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresHoltsville fell from 19,714 to 18,937 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19,714 | |
| 2020 | 18,937 | -777 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1902 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,864 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,864 fires within 5 miles of Holtsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 925 acres in total. 110 started naturally. 244 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1360 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 244 |
| Natural | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Smoking | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Holtsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Mabro Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Roanoke Marboro Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holtsville in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holtsville | $3,000 | Tree down on powerlines near Portion Road and College Road in Farmingville. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Holtsville | - | Picture of quarter sized hail. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Holtsville | - | Cars were stuck in high water on both the northbound and southbound ramps from the eastbound Long Island Expressway to Nicholls Rd. in Holtsville. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmingville | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Holbrook | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Medford | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Patchogue Highlands | 2.5 miles | 33 | |
| North Patchogue | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Selden | 3.6 miles | 33 | |
| Ronkonkoma | 3.6 miles | 33 | |
| Patchogue | 3.8 miles | 33 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Holtsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3468992 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953030. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.















